Re: [PATCH 1/1] apt: allow package downgrades in sbuild chroots

[Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>]

On 2025-05-13 09:02, 'Felix Moessbauer' via isar-users wrote:
> The sbuild chroots carry many packages needed for the build environment.
> This sometimes requires packages from bootstrapping to be downgraded so
> that the dependencies can be resolved.
> 
> An example is the liblzma5 which currently (1st of May 2025) needs to be
> downgraded on Debian bookworm.

I think this touches a tricky topic and we should check whether this intersects
with e.g. [1], [2]. A testcase would definitely help. Also, at least the known
cases should be considered (upgrade / downgrade, non-essential / essential,
maybe non-compat / compat).

1. https://lists.isar-build.org/isar-users/20250221154843.515037-1-amikan@ilbers.de/
2. https://lists.isar-build.org/isar-users/215cc575-fa4f-45e6-8511-eff4254a4383@ilbers.de/T/#t

With kind regards,
Baurzhan

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